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Quotes About Emotions

Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great. Oh! I could hew up rocks, and fight with flint.
~ William Shakespeare
We're afraid that this anger or sorrow or loneliness is going to last forever... Instead, acting it out is what makes it last.
~ Pema Chodron
A temperate anger has virtue in it.
~ Thomas Chandler Haliburton
People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent.
~ Samuel Richardson
It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down, the taste sharp and metal as though I'm gnawing through foilware.
~ Ally Condie, Crossed
My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.
~ Meg Cabot, Darkest Hour
If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.
~ Jeremy Taylor
So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian.
~ Richelle Mead
Anger is only our friend when we know its caliber and how to aim it.
~ Neal Shusterman
Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed.
~ Satish Kumar
I am a giant squid of anger.
~ John Green
Yielding to emotions such as anger or hurt or defensiveness will drive away the Holy Ghost.
~ Richard G. Scott
Do you get the anger that is out here?
~ Anderson Cooper
When you are angry, you make bad decisions in direct proportion to the level of your anger.
~ W. E. B. Griffin
the first step in claiming yourself is anger. You get mad. And you can't do anything before you get angry. And I recommend getting very angry to everyone, anyone.
~ Jamaica Kincaid
If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years, and unfortunately you have allowed it or even encouraged it to be watered.
~ Nhat Hanh
Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
~ Jack Kornfield
Don't lose your temper; use it.
~ Dolly Parton
Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The problem with anger is that it's so consuming. You've got to take it easy on yourself at a certain point.
~ Martin Scorsese
Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.
~ Nelson Mandela
Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper.
~ Dalai Lama
Well Connor thought ruefully At least now I know who to thank for my anger issues.
~ Justin Somper
Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.
~ Dalai Lama